# weld
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛld/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: welled
* Rhymes: -ɛld

### Etymology 1

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.

#### Alternative forms

* woald, wold

#### Noun

weld
* A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
* The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

##### Synonyms

* (Reseda luteola): dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.

#### Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)
* (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
* (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
    The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.
** 1847, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess:Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.
** 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have also received much publicity.

##### Derived terms

* all-welded
* arc weld
* butt-weld, buttweld
* cold weld
* fillet weld
* long-welded
* spot weld
* stick weld
* tack weld
* weld steel
* weld together

##### Translations
#### Noun

weld (plural welds)
* The joint made by welding.
** 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair, page 173:Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

##### Derived terms

* butt weld
* scarf weld

##### Translations
#### See also

* braze
* solder

### Etymology 3

From Old English weald (sense 2).

#### Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)
* (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
** 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)
    [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")
** 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)
    [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"
** 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:Turne thee to those that weld the awfull crowne

### References

* ↑ “wē̆ld(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* “weld”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* WLED, lewd

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology

From Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋelt/

### Adjective

weld (masculine welle or welde, feminine and plural well or weld or welde, comparative weller or welder, superlative et weldste)
* (chiefly Ripuarian) wild

#### Usage notes

* The traditional inflections are those with -ll- in all dialects. However, those with -ld- are now predominant in some dialects under standard German influence.

## Middle English
### Noun

weld
* (Southern) Alternative form of wold

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛld/

### Verb

weld
* Soft mutation of gweld (“to see”).

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.